Executive Summary

Summary
Title GTK+ update
Informations
Name USN-2475-1 First vendor Publication 2015-01-15
Vendor Ubuntu Last vendor Modification 2015-01-15
Severity (Vendor) N/A Revision N/A

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Cvss Base Score 7.2 Attack Range Local
Cvss Impact Score 10 Attack Complexity Low
Cvss Expoit Score 3.9 Authentication None Required
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Detail

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

Summary:

GTK+ improperly handled the menu key, possibly allowing lock screen bypass.

Software Description: - gtk+3.0: GTK+ graphical user interface library

Details:

Clemens Fries discovered that GTK+ allowed bypassing certain screen locks by using the menu key. An attacker with physical access could possibly use this flaw to gain access to a locked session.

Update instructions:

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
libgtk-3-0 3.10.8-0ubuntu1.4

After a standard system update you need to restart your session to make all the necessary changes.

References:
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2475-1
https://launchpad.net/bugs/1366790

Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gtk+3.0/3.10.8-0ubuntu1.4

Original Source

Url : http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2475-1

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-284 Access Control (Authorization) Issues

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 11
Os 1
Os 1

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2015-03-30 Name : The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : mandriva_MDVSA-2015-162.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2015-01-19 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch.
File : ubuntu_USN-2475-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2014-08-29 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2014-9794.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

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2015-01-21 13:27:15
  • Multiple Updates
2015-01-20 17:25:43
  • Multiple Updates
2015-01-16 21:28:38
  • Multiple Updates
2015-01-15 17:21:05
  • First insertion